TomTom RDS/TMC Traffic Receiver
TomTom at CEbit 2006, today announced the addition of the TomTom RDS/TMC Traffic Receiver to the list of available accessories for TomTom users. Providing free traffic information via radio signals, the RDS/TMC Traffic receiver receives and decodes traffic information for the TomTom GO, ensuring customers can travel from A to B with ease.
TomTom new and updated content & services
TomTom, the leading navigation solution provider, today unveils the full details of a new and updated collection of TomTom PLUS content & services.
Building on TomTom’s already rich PLUS portfolio, the new range of TomTom PLUS content & services offers drivers the chance to personalise their TomTom products, whilst improving and enhancing their navigation experience.
Garmin Mobile 20 GPS navigation and bluetooth’s wireless hands-free calling
Garmin International announced Garmin Mobile™ 20 – an automotive navigation system that delivers Garmin’s voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions using Bluetooth wireless technology on Nokia, Windows Mobile and Treo 650 Smartphones. Garmin Mobile 20 provides both data connectivity as well as hands-free capability and is packaged with the GPS 20SM™, a new mobile phone mount with a built-in, highly sensitive GPS receiver and Bluetooth-enabled speaker and microphone. Garmin Mobile 20 will also be the first Garmin product to use the Garmin Online™ wireless data services that includes real-time traffic, gas prices, safety cameras, weather information, and other location relevant content. Garmin Mobile 20 was announced at CeBIT, Europe’s premier electronics trade show in Hannover, Germany.
“By combining hands-free phone capability, wireless connectivity and location-relevant rich content with turn-by-turn GPS navigation, we are able to provide customers with a total turn-by-turn navigation solution for smart phones,” said Gary Kelley, vice president of marketing.
Garmin Language Guide, Garmin Travel Guide and Savers Guide
Garmin released services available for new nüvi 300 and Streetpilot c500 series to help travelers feel like a native after arriving at a destination: Garmin Language Guide™, Garmin Travel Guide™ and Savers Guide.
The Garmin Language Guide contains five bilingual dictionaries and a multilingual word bank and phrase bank that support nine languages and dialects. The Travel Guide for Europe (available on plug-in SD cards) features information from Marco Polo and allows users to call up thousand of restaurant tips and display reviews and recommendations for hotels, shopping, nightlife, sporting events and tourist attractions. The Garmin Travel Guide for the U.S. will be available in the second quarter of 2006.
Garmin StreetPilot c510 and StreetPilot c550
Garmin also announced at CeBIT, Europe’s premier electronics trade show in Hannover that it has expanded its best-selling line of StreetPilot c-series automotive navigators with offerings that include exciting new features.
Based on Garmin’s phenomenally popular c300 series, the StreetPilot c500 series is destined to become the new benchmark in easy-to-use, affordable, attractive, and functional navigation. With enhancements like Bluetooth Wireless Technology with a hands-free calling interface for over 200 applicable mobile phones, integrated traffic capabilities, a high bright display, and a high-sensitivity GPS receiver, the c500 series again solidifies Garmin as the world’s leading innovator of location technology.
Garmin nüvi 310 and nüvi 360
Garmin today announced a new feature for its all-in-one Personal Travel Assistant™. The nüvi 310 and nüvi 360 will incorporate Bluetooth Wireless Technology, as well as a GPS navigator, MP3 player, audio book player, language translator, travel guide, currency converter, world travel clock, and much more.
